Obama takes private jet to Italy and gives talk on climate change

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Obama arrived in Italy by private jet yesterday with a 14-car convoy in tow. He took over two floors of the Park Hyatt – at $10K a night – and will give a climate change speech to a sold-out concert. He is expected to blame the planet’s woes on our selfish lifestyles before he heads […]

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May 9, 2017 at 09:44AM

And So It Begins, Trump’s Great Climate Purge…

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Finally the Trump administration is starting to get serious about taking on the Green Blob. EPA administrator Scott Pruitt – perhaps stung by criticisms that he was turning into a squish – today reaffirmed, in an interview with CNBC, that he is not a believer in catastrophic man-made global warming. “I think that measuring with […]

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May 9, 2017 at 09:44AM

Report: Trump Has Already Rolled Back $3.7 Billion In Obama-Era Regulations

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President Donald Trump and Congress have cut the scope of government $3.7 billion by using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal Obama-era regulations, according to the right-leaning American Action Forum (AAF). Trump signed CRA resolutions to repeal 13 regulations. AAF projects the CRA bills will eliminate 4.3 million hours of paperwork and $3.7 billion […]

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May 9, 2017 at 09:44AM

California GOP Takes Jerry Brown’s Sky High Gas Tax Hike To The Voters

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A Republican lawmaker in California filed a ballot initiative Monday to repeal a recently approved $52 billion gas tax. “In 2010, Jerry Brown said, ‘there should be no tax increases without a vote of the people.’ Repealing the gas tax will simply help him keep his promise to California voters,” California Assemblyman Travis Allen said […]

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May 9, 2017 at 09:44AM